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The great American makeover : television, history, nation /
The Great American Makeover explores two basic questions: How do myths of self-reinvention shape America?s past, and how do contemporary television makeover programs continue and question this long-standing tendency to celebrate the fundamental powers of American transformation? This collection demo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Great American Makeover explores two basic questions: How do myths of self-reinvention shape America?s past, and how do contemporary television makeover programs continue and question this long-standing tendency to celebrate the fundamental powers of American transformation? This collection demonstrates that the makeover mythos is a crucial link between earlier and emergent forms and processes of engagement with the national imaginary. It demonstrates the tenacity of the American fantasy of recreation and its enduring ability to speak to our shifting national desires and anxieties. At the same time, the volume speaks to American popular television?s own enduring ability to reinvent itself. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780312376178 0312376170 1281367028 9781281367020 9781403974839 1403974837 9781403974846 1403974845 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |